Cole Hamels sizes up his first win of the 2013 campaign against a 10-9 Pirates club. Hamels has fared well against current Pirates, striking out 25 Pirates in 100 PAA. The player to watch against Hamels? Andrew McCutchen who is hitting .333/.385/.667 in 13 trips to the plate. The Phils line up will face Jeff Locke, a former Braves second round pick in 2006 who came to Pittsburgh in the Nate McClouth deal. Locke will be making just his 14th Major League start and has never faced the Phillies.

I picked a pirate-themed beer last night that I had never heard of and the Phillies won 3-2. Let’s hope the trend continues with this San Diego-based Belgian blonde ale, chosen in honor of both Hamels and the Pirates. Go Phillies!

Guess that thought didn’t give enough weight to the red cell count. But what a great idea in theory.

Tonight’s trivia question, since for the 48th game in a row I don’t know is after tomorrow’s start, which Phillie, Hamels or Halladay will sport the lower ERA. Hamels has regained the lower ERA with his work to the minute so far tonight in the ongoing Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better.

Revere’s pump action, where he slaps his arms together, makes it look like his arms are having a seizure! I’m not a hitting coach by any means, but the sure physics of it say you can’t generate enough power to do squat. Craps, I mean Kratz, is not having a good season, even if it was little league play. Need someone to hit the offense with a defibrillator to get us back in the game.

When the season began I was excited to see Howard and Utley looking a tad like their old selves. I was also excited to have Revere who seemed to be an up and coming offensive talent and who has looked fabulous in center field.
Noffense, Nothing is going on here. Revere couldn’t even hit into a double play which would have scored Mayberry – nope, he hit the ball in the worst spot it could be hit.
As far as Brown goes – was there ever a concensus on when we throw the towel in and say, “Enough!” It just is not working.

“Brown needs more time – he’s not the problem on this team”
I’m sure you mean that Brown is not the ONLY problem on this team, true enough. But, the phrase – give him more time – has been repeated since he first came up in 2010 – table has been set over and over again and he has been and will continue to be a NO SHOW.